This public workshop brought together stakeholders to discuss potential bioethical issues that may arise from new and emerging trends in biomedical research and society. The workshop described the ...

When the fourth season of BBC America’s hit sci-fi thriller “Orphan Black” premieres April 14, University of Alabama at Birmingham philosophy professor Gregory Pence, Ph.D., will be watching. “The ...

Every time scientists present a groundbreaking biological innovation, it seems as though there is a crescendo of noise—articles beckoning for public discussion, social media posts sharing the public’s ...

Approximately 45 international speakers from 16 countries discussed critical issues surrounding scientific practices at the two-day conference. The International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune held ...

ROCHESTER, New York — “Why is the church against using birth control?” “Is it ethical to receive a COVID-19 vaccine that has a link to fetal cell lines from abortion?” “What should Catholics consider ...

If the coronavirus pandemic taught us anything, it’s that existing social inequities have an outsized impact upon the health of certain populations. This creates a need to think even more broadly and ...

This helps illustrate bioethical issues surrounding Provenge. In the harshest and least sentimental terms, an astronomically expensive intervention that prolongs life for a modest period for mostly ...

*'Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society' , published March 2015, seeks to clarify the scientific landscape, identify common ground, and recommend ethical paths ...

A federal advisory commission on bioethics recommended on Friday that the government overhaul its system for overseeing research involving human subjects. Arguing that the present system fails to ...

Churchill Is Still on the Front Line of the Culture War Why Did National Populism Disrupt the Right? A prominent institution that provided clear thinking on abortion and assisted suicide has closed ...